For fans, preseason games are at best a tease and at worst a way for the teams to bilk season-ticket holders to doling out more money for inferior product. So any proposal to make them even slightly more interesting should be welcomed. For instance, a team could host a game in the infield of a racetrack. Sure, it sounds like a potential shitshow but that’s better than the atmosphere at a typical preseason game.

Daytona International Speedway President Joie Chitwood III donned a No. 59 Jacksonville Jaguars jersey Tuesday and took the practice field for a little fun.

It might have been a business trip, too.

The Jaguars have made it clear they would like to regionalize their small-market franchise, which could lead to playing preseason games in neighboring cities like Daytona Beach, Gainesville and Orlando. And Chitwood wants to host a football game on Daytona’s front-stretch infield.

“We’ve not had a formal discussion with the Jags here, but we’ve got some great relationships,” Chitwood said after catching passes and fielding kickoffs with the team. “There’s always an opportunity.”

So it doesn’t sound like the idea is anywhere close to actually happening so much as the track president would like it to happen. Honestly, I’m in favor of it so long as Jaxson de Ville spends the entire game doing laps on the track and occasionally running over cardboard pictures of Mike Florio.

I’m not one of those (you know who you are) who thinks preseason should be done away with; practice is necessary to become good at your chosen craft. Preseason games, however are like attending practice, except they charge you just as much as a regular season game. So why not throw in a little entertainment to add interest. Why not have it at a racetrack? Why not have it at a horse track? (I’m lookin at YOU, Fairgrounds in New Orleans!) Why not have it at a high school field? We’re talkin’ ’bout PRACTICE. Not a game, not a game, not a game… We’re talkin’ ’bout practice.

SUNDAY! SUNDAY! SUNDAY! Get ready THIS SUNDAY at DAYTONA MOTOR SPEEDWAY, as two of the biggest rivals in SPORTS in the WORLD go HEAD TO HEAD! Blake “GRAVE DIGGER” Bortles v. Josh “BIG FOOT” McCown! It’s THRILLING FOOTBALL ACTION with EXTREME COLLISIONS! And KIDS, we haven’t forgotten about you! With entry, each KID under 12 gets a custom LOVIE SMITH EXTREME RED FLAG towel! And we will HEAT THINGS UP in the ARENA OF FIRE, when Greg “STAPH INFECTION” Schiano faces off against TRUCKASAURUS! Your ticket gets you a full seat, BUT YOU WILL ONLY NEED THE EDDDDDDGGGGGGGGGGGGEEEEE!!!

Tradition dictates that everyone on a racetrack infield is pretty fucked up. So I hope Justin Blackmon gets reinstated in time, being drunk in the vicinity of speeding cars sounds like something he’d really enjoy.